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A382745
If k appears, 7*k does not.
4
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Also numbers with an even number of 7's in their prime factorization.
Natural density 7/8.
LINKS
Jan Snellman, Greedy Regular Convolutions, arXiv:2504.02795 [math.NT], 2025.
Chai Wah Wu, Algorithms for Complementary Sequences, Integers (2025) Vol. 25, Art. No. A95. See p. 24.
FORMULA
a(n) ~ (8/7)*n.
EXAMPLE
7 is removed since 7 = 7*1, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 are removed, but 49 remains.
MAPLE
q:= n-> is(irem(padic[ordp](n, 7), 2)=0):
select(q, [$1..85])[]; # Alois P. Heinz, Apr 04 2025
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[100], EvenQ[IntegerExponent[#, 7]] &] (* Amiram Eldar, Apr 04 2025 *)
PROG
(Python)
def ok(n):
c = 0
while n and n%7 == 0: n //= 7; c += 1
return c&1 == 0
print([k for k in range(1, 86) if ok(k)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Apr 04 2025
(Python)
from sympy import integer_log
def A382745(n):
def f(x): return n+x-sum((k:=x//7**m)-k//7 for m in range(0, integer_log(x, 7)[0]+1, 2))
m, k = n, f(n)
while m != k: m, k = k, f(k)
return m # Chai Wah Wu, Apr 10 2025
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Jan Snellman, Apr 04 2025
STATUS
approved